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Ceddo

Ceddo

Ousmane Sembène

1978

  • Drama
6.7

The Ceddo people try to preserve their traditional African culture against the onslaught of Islam, Christianity, and the slave trade. When King Demba War sides with the Muslims, the Ceddo kidnap his daughter, Princess Dior Yacine, to protest their forcible conversion to Islam.

Cast & crew

  • Ousmane SembèneDirector
  • Mamadou DiouméPrince Biram Ngone Thioub
  • Tabata NdiayePrincess Dior Yacine
  • Moustapha YadeMadir Fatim Fall
  • Ismaila DiagneCeddo Kidnapper
  • Matoura DiaKing
  • Omar GueyeJaraaf the King's Mediator
  • Nar ModouMugis / Saxewar the Warrior
  • Ousmane CamaraFara Diogomay the Elder Ceddo / Ousmane

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